Cognitive Enhancement in Unipolar Depression With Yoga

Launched by UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH · Jun 18, 2024

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This clinical trial is exploring whether practicing yoga can help improve thinking and memory skills in individuals who have experienced unipolar depression, which is a type of depression without mood swings. The researchers want to see if engaging in specific yoga exercises can enhance cognitive abilities, even after a person feels better from their depressive episodes.

To join the study, individuals need to be between 18 and 60 years old and must have had at least one episode of depression that is now under control. However, people with certain conditions, like severe mental illnesses or significant cognitive problems, won’t be eligible. Participants can expect to engage in yoga sessions and will be monitored throughout the study. This research could provide valuable insights into how yoga might support mental health recovery and cognitive function.

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Age more than 18years and less than 60 years
• • H/o at least one depressive episode which is under remission and at the time of examination and throughout the study duration,
• • Informed Consent
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Comorbid Psychosis, OCD, Bipolar disorder
• • Comorbid ADHD, IDD
• • Comorbid substance dependence (except tobacco)
• • Comorbid major or minor cognitive impairment,
• • Bi temporal ECT within 6 months
• • Past yoga practice - regularly for 1 month within 3 months Pregnancy